Table 1 Variable Descriptions and Characteristics
From: Health, subjective financial situation and well-being: a longitudinal observational study
GHealth | GHQ12 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Variable | Description | Mean | Std dev. | Mean | Std. Dev. |
Finnow | Subjective Financial situation (1-finding it very difficult to 5- living comfortably) | 3.882 | 0.992 | 3.884 | 0.990 |
General Health | General Health scale (1 - very poor to 4 - Excellent) | 2.879 | 0.812 | ||
GHQ12 | GHQ12 Likert scale (0 to 36) | 11.104 | 5.445 | ||
Age | Age in years | 47.688 | 18.075 | 47.437 | 17.961 |
Age0 | Aged between 16 and 29 years | 0.186 | 0.389 | 0.187 | 0.390 |
Age1 | Aged between 30 and 64 years | 0.534 | 0.499 | 0.538 | 0.498 |
Age2 | Aged 65 years and above | 0.280 | 0.449 | 0.274 | 0.446 |
BHPS | Data from the BHPS survey compared to the USS | 0.513 | 0.500 | 0.531 | 0.499 |
Sex | Gender (1 - male, 0 female) | 0.445 | 0.497 | 0.445 | 0.497 |
Couple | Married or a couple versus other marital status (1- yes, 0- no) | 0.551 | 0.497 | 0.554 | 0.497 |
Higher Education | Has a degree or equivalent (1- yes, 0- no) | 0.185 | 0.388 | 0.183 | 0.387 |
Child 0–2 | Number of children aged 0 to 2 years | 0.080 | 0.294 | 0.081 | 0.294 |
Child 3–4 | Number of children aged 3 to 4 years | 0.068 | 0.264 | 0.069 | 0.265 |
Child 5–11 | Number of children aged 5 to 11 years | 0.250 | 0.590 | 0.252 | 0.592 |
Child 12–15 | Number of children aged 12 to 15 years | 0.159 | 0.434 | 0.160 | 0.435 |
Real Family Income | Real gross monthly household income (£) | 1677.714 | 1612.132 | 1676.393 | 1608.585 |
Self employed | Self employed (1- yes, 0- no) | 0.073 | 0.261 | 0.073 | 0.260 |
Employed | Employed full time (1- yes, 0- no) | 0.500 | 0.500 | 0.506 | 0.500 |
Unemployed | Unemployed (1- yes, 0- no) | 0.038 | 0.191 | 0.037 | 0.190 |
Retired | Retired (1- yes, 0- no) | 0.229 | 0.420 | 0.225 | 0.418 |
Maternity leave | On maternity leave (1- yes, 0- no) | 0.005 | 0.069 | 0.004 | 0.069 |
Family care | Caring for the family (1- yes, 0- no) | 0.065 | 0.246 | 0.065 | 0.246 |
Full-time study | In full-time study (1- yes, 0- no) | 0.045 | 0.208 | 0.045 | 0.207 |
Long-term sick | On long-term sick leave (1- yes, 0- no) | 0.037 | 0.189 | 0.036 | 0.187 |
England | Respondent is from England (1- yes, 0- no) | 0.694 | 0.460 | 0.704 | 0.456 |
Scotland | Respondent is from Scotland (1- yes, 0- no) | 0.122 | 0.328 | 0.125 | 0.330 |
Wales | Respondent is from Wales (1- yes, 0- no) | 0.102 | 0.303 | 0.104 | 0.305 |
n | 329,282 | 338,628 | |||